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Great Plains Grazing Project Making Headway
Kansas Ag Connection - 05/23/2019
Beef produced on pasture and rangeland forages and dual-purpose winter wheat in the Southern Great Plains (SGP: Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas) provides a significant portion of the nation's red meat; constitutes the largest land use and agricultural enterprise
in the region; and is subject to a widely variable climate.
The program's goals are to (1) better understand vulnerability and enhance resilience of SGP beef-grazing systems in a world of increased climate variability, dynamic land-use, and fluctuating markets and (2) safeguard regional production while mitigating the
environmental footprint of agriculture. Its objectives are to (1) build capacity among regional institutions to move research and extension to a higher level of integration; (2) better understand beef-grazing system dynamics, quantify vulnerability and resilience, and
balance sustainability of production and ecosystem services; (3) provide information and technology to enable producers to employ risk-based information in decision-making; and (4) train the next generation of producers and researchers to collectively address
rising challenges.
SGP researchers across six institutions are working together to better understand the vulnerability of grazing lands, to explore ways to ensure resiliency of these lands and systems, and to safeguard beef production while mitigating environmental concerns. Learn
more about the effort through this YouTube video at https://bit.ly/2YEGuf2.
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